Posts by Our Thoughts
How Diversity is Driving Breakthrough Technology
Our mission at Inari – to help build a sustainable food system – is ambitious. But, we don’t lack confidence in our ability to complete it because as an organization, we’re relying on one of nature’s oldest and most effective strategies: diversity. Nature doesn’t believe in doing things a single way. Neither do we. By…
Read MoreInari Collaboration with Eden Enterprise Expands Access to Corn Genetics
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 12, 2021 – Inari, the SEEDesignTM company, announced a strategic collaboration with Eden Enterprise, Inc. that enables access to Stine’s elite corn breeding program in order to further advance the development of unique and competitive products. “We see tremendous potential with gene editing for our corn and soybean breeding programs,” said Harry Stine, president…
Read MoreInari Further Invests in Predictive Design Capabilities with Hiring of Chief Information and Data Officer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 21, 2021 — Enhancing efforts to effect sustainable improvements through the deep understanding of plants’ complex biological code, Inari – the SEEDesign™ company – has welcomed Dr. Rania Khalaf to its leadership team as its first chief information and data officer. Khalaf brings more than a decade of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing…
Read MoreThe Journey to the UN Food System Summit
By Ponsi TrivisvavetInari CEO – As the world prepares for the first UN Food System Summit, the saying about the journey being more important than the destination rings true. So many people across the globe have participated in an incredible journey to prepare for this moment — I am humbled and honored to be one of them.…
Read MoreBeing Bold and Innovative with our Scientific Strategy Board
By Catherine FeuilletChief Scientific Officer – I’m a firm believer that the only way to unlock innovation is to challenge the status quo — and ourselves. This requires fighting the “must be invented here” syndrome and tapping into the brightest minds across different areas of scientific studies. The pace of innovation is moving too fast for…
Read MoreFarm Progress: Major Plant Breeding Investments Continue
Inari, based in Cambridge, Mass., is all about applying powerful gene-editing tools to make desired changes in plants and unlock unprecedented yield potential, spokespersons say. Recently, the company announced a major collaboration with Beck’s. Ponsi Trivisvavet, CEO at Inari, says pushing the boundaries of what’s possible to address current and future challenges requires these types…
Read MoreInari Selected for World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators Community
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – July 7, 2021 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, has been invited by the World Economic Forum to join its Global Innovators Community — a group of the world’s most promising start-ups and scale-ups that are at the forefront of ethical technological and business model innovation. The World Economic Forum provides the Global Innovators…
Read MoreJournal & Courier: Gov. Holcomb Visits West Lafayette to Celebrate Seed Gene-Editing Company’s Expansion
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb stopped in West Lafayette Wednesday to congratulate a seed gene-editing company that continues to grow in this Central Indiana soil. Inari Agriculture used Holcomb’s visit to highlight its greenhouse expansion. “We are so incredibly grateful that you have chosen to grow and grow and grow,” Gov. Holcomb said, addressing Inari Agriculture,…
Read MoreForbes: Gene Editing Seeds with CRISPR is Transforming Agricultural Biotechnology
One of the main focuses of agricultural biotechnology is to feed a hungry world in a more sustainable way. Many current farming methods are inefficient because they require large amounts of water, fertilizer and pesticides. Agricultural biotech is trying to solve these problems by starting at the seed level. Inari, a company that specializes in…
Read MoreInari Broadens Access to Soybean Genetics Through Collaboration with Mertec and MS Technologies
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – May 21, 2021 – Inari, the SEEDesignTM company, announced a strategic collaboration with Mertec, LLC and M.S. Technologies, LLC that enables access to a genetic base from Stine’s industry-leading soybean breeding program to accelerate the development of unique and competitive products. “Our ability to increase genetic diversity using predictive design and advanced multiplex gene editing technologies all starts with…
Read More